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Unbelievable but true. IN this Depression era economy it is apprently illegal to set up a rainbarrel to collect rainwater and snow melt from your roof. Apparently the water that falls on your roof is the property of the stateof CO. How did I find this out? A cohort of mine and I were talking about my primitive means of gathering rain water for irrigation of my small container veggie/ her garden. He like my system so well that he said why dont we sell the plans that I developed and attempt to sell them to locals for $1. I did.Within minutes a woman came back and informed me that rain water collection was illegal in CO. What BS I thought so I researched it further. Apparently due to semantics she is right.
Will I take mine down and disassemble it?
When HELL freezes over. My water is returned to the soil and the water tables and aquiferand wherever the hell else it goes after it makes a pitstop in my 'maters and Zuchs and the other assorted growing goodies.
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it may be illegal but I have 4-5 people already sending me money for the plans
That's rediculous!
I would like a rainbarrel one day...when I have a roof of my own to collect off of and a garden to water. It's really neat that you designed your own system.
Wendy,
It doesnt just work off of the roof. You can collect rain water in buckets placed on your patio. Even putting a bucket outside when it rains will help gather water. I keep several of the barrels open during snows and collect the moisture there. think different and creative..
Every drop helps
Apparently groovygreen.com got a hold of this and it is being discussed around their site.
http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/?p=3135
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